Quantitative synaptology of functionally different types of cat medial gastrocnemius α‐motoneurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 439-454

  Brännström, Thomas ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dendrites; electron microscopy; nerve cells; soma; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; CATS; DENDRITES; HINDLIMB; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEURITES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0027409375     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.903300311     Document Type: Article

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